naturalizing

present participle of naturalize

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Verb
  • While musicals, with their higher production costs and specific talent needs, still pursue long runs, plays are increasingly adopting this profitable, rapid turnover approach.
    Katie North, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • In a pricey travel year, travelers are adopting savvy strategies to enjoy high-end experiences with less financial regret.
    Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Bateman agreed, acknowledging the pressure that comes with adapting a fan-favorite novel.
    Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • The companies adapting fastest are not asking how AI will reshape their workforce.
    Sue Mysko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • In a statement published in the Journal of Heredity, Bell suggested that the government should look into the possibility of domesticating manatees.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • Tens of thousands of years ago, humans began domesticating wild wolves to make hunting, gathering food and protection easier, according to Science News.
    K'mari Greene, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Our World Cup homepage has the major stories, but a good place to start is familiarizing yourself with the top 50 players of the tournament.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Guidance for Out-of-State Injury Claims Those considering a claim may benefit from familiarizing themselves with the legal process and, where appropriate, consulting a qualified Nevada attorney experienced in handling out-of-state injury claims.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • That limited graduate nursing students to borrowing $20,500 a year, while students in clinical psychology, optometry and podiatry, as well as medicine, dentistry and law, could borrow $50,000.
    Lisa Chambers, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • That includes sweeping hundreds of millions of dollars out of special taxing districts, borrowing to pay for legal settlements and retroactive pay bumps, and diverting pandemic relief money away from programs and toward payroll instead.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Adamala’s team fiddled with their cellular brew, switching genes in and out and adjusting concentrations of various molecules, to get the crucial information-carrying and protein-making genetic systems to jibe.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • Consider adjusting commission rates based on the type of sale.
    Kate Morgan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The opposition’s narrative that Hollywood is usurping home rule is entirely backward.
    Keith Poliakoff, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
  • But even with the UFC’s challenges, no rival promotion has come close to usurping the sport’s power dynamic.
    Mark Puleo, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • The wildlife team tends to the cubs while wearing bear suits to avoid habituating the cubs to humans.
    Isabel Yip, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Naturalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naturalizing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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